‘If food waste was a country, it would be the third biggest emitter of greenhouse gas emissions on the planet behind the US and China’
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Transport of the future? Europe’s longest hyperloop centre opens
Europe’s longest tunnel for testing hyperloop technology opens Wednesday. Operators expect it will help to popularize the high-speed trains
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Cocoa cracks record above $10,000 before Easter
Cocoa’s surge in price was brought on by bad crop season in Ghana and Ivory Coast, the world’s biggest producers of the commodity
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Plunging birth rate push Japanese diaper maker into adult market
Japanese diaper manufacturer will wrap up domestic output of infant diapers after a 300 million drop in sales due to the low birth rate
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UK homes have worst value for money in developed world: study
UK housing has less floorspace per person than many other developed economies, trailing France, Japan and New York’s central city district
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Rising scourge of e-waste a ‘catastrophe’ for environment
Less than one quarter of the 62 million tonnes of e-waste produced in 2022 was recycled; heavy metals and toxic chemicals leak from it
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Hermes faces US lawsuit over ‘refusal’ to sell Birkin bag
A class-action lawsuit argues customers have to spend tens of thousands on ancillary Hermes products to have the chance to buy the Birkin handbag
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Canada inflation ticks lower to 2.8% in February
Inflation in Canada fell to 2.8 per cent in February as the costs of internet and mobile phone plans dropped
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UN disputes attack over meat-eating ‘omission’ in climate plan
Experts have criticized the UN’s agriculture agency for failing to recommend eating less meat in a roadmap to reducing emissions
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The secret agents of the Michelin Guide
Michelin inspector applicants must have at least 10 years of restaurant experience and train up to two years before swearing to secrecy